Researchers believe the giant moai statues on Easter Island were “walked” into place using their own immense weight as ...

Yet, it’s home to about 1,000 giant moai statues. Some are almost 30 feet tall and weigh up to 80 tons. This is Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, a land full of history and culture.

Archaeologists believe they have solved one ancient mystery surrounding the famous Easter Island statues ... the earliest statues. Potentially this could rewrite Polynesian history”.

The famous statues of Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, are best known for their deep-set eyes and long ears. They also sport impressive multi-tonne hats made from a different rock type. Quite how these ...

What do the large statues mean? And how in the world were they made and moved? There are things we do know about Easter Island, facts that only add to the intrigue of the small, remote location.

They settled both Hawaii and New Zealand, and between 700 and 900, they got to Rapa Nui - and so brought to an end one immense chapter of human history, for Easter Island was possibly the last ...

and the statues remain sacred vessels. Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen landed here on Easter Sunday in 1722, the first European known to visit the island, but only stayed for one day. By the time ...

Among the many secrets buried in Easter Island prehistory is the question of how the Rapanui people transported the multi-ton statues, or moai, from their quarries to their final ceremonial ahu ...

The mayor of Easter Island has called for motor restrictions to be put in place in the area after a truck collided with a sacred stone statue. Pedro Edmunds Paoa told local media that the incident ...

I didn’t expect to see its famous moai statues face down in the dirt ... But the most surprising thing about my visit to Easter Island, known locally as Rapa Nui, was watching the moon do ...

They settled both Hawaii and New Zealand, and between 700 and 900, they got to Rapa Nui - and so brought to an end one immense chapter of human history, for Easter Island was possibly the last ...